The Slavic Reference Service hosts or co-hosts a variety of events including our online Research Forum series (focusing on the Baltics, Central Asia, and the Caucasus), the Dmytro Shtohryn International Ukrainian Studies Conference, the 2024 Association for Women in Slavic Studies Biennial Conference, Research and Language Learning workshops, our Meet the National Libraries series, and more. We also host several events aimed in particular towards graduate students and early career scholars including our annual SEEES Dissertation Research Workshop.
The SRS occasionally also develops displays and exhibits for the Main Library, with recent exhibits focusing on topics such as the ‘100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution’ and ‘Jewish Studies Symposium at the University of Illinois.’
Much of our programming is held virtually and open to the public.
For more information on specific events held on campus, please consult the following calendars:
- SRS (updated most frequently on our Facebook)
- Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures’ Calendar of Events
- Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center’s (REEEC) Calendar of Events
- Department of History’s Calendar of Events
- Main Library’s Calendar of Events
Past Events Highlights
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2023
2022
2021 Bi-Annual Junior Scholars Workshop
The 2021 Bi-Annual Junior Scholars Workshop gathered archivists and librarians for a panel discussion on Russian, East European, and Eurasian Jewish Studies archives, special collections, and bibliographical sources. Panelists at the workshop highlighted relevant collections held at the New York Public Library, YIVO Archives & Library Collections, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the University of Illinois Library.
2021 ILL Training Workshop
The 2021 ILL Training Workshop took place on Friday, March 26th, from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m., CST, via Zoom. The theme of this iteration of the workshop was “Transliteration.”
2021 SEEE Doctoral Dissertation Online Workshop
The 2021 S.E.E.E. Doctoral Dissertation Online Workshop was held on Thursday, February 25th, at 10:00 a.m., CST. This workshop covered topics related to conducting literature reviews, successfully mentoring peers, conducting research trips, publishing, and more. This event was held over Zoom.
2021 Interlibrary Loan Symposium
The 2021 Interlibrary Loan Symposium took place on Thursday, February 11th, from 9:00 – 4:00 p.m, CST. The theme for this iteration of the symposium was “International Resource Sharing.” The symposium was entirely conducted via Zoom.
2020 Baltic Sea Region Forum
The 2020 Baltic Sea Region Forum took place on October 8, 2020. The forum theme for 2020 was Regional Security. Some of the focus areas to be addressed in this forum included:
- Alliance Building
- Regional Cooperation
- Bilateral and Multilateral Relations
- Deterrence and Arms Control
- Social Movements
- Climate Change
2019 Indigenous Studies Forum
The 2019 Indigenous Studies Forum took place on Thursday, December 5th, at 3:00 p.m., CST. The principal goal of the Forum was to “…raise awareness of of current projects and trends in scholarly communication in indigenous studies.” Topics focused on during the course of the forum encompassed cultural preservation, the digital humanities, language revitalization, innovative research methods, and more. The primary members of the forum included Medela Csoba DeHass (Des Moines Area Community College and the University of Northern Iowa), Veronica Denison (Kansas State University), Joe Lenkart (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Ryan Sullivant (Archive of the Indigenous Languages of Latin America), and Loriene Roy (University of Texas at Austin). This event took place remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.
2019 Non-Traditional Publishing and Digitization in Slavic and East European Countries Workshop
The 2019 Non-Traditional Publishing and Digitization in Slavic and East European Countries Workshop took place on Thursday, November 7th, from 10:00 – 11:30 a.m., CST. The panel for this workshop consisted of Ann Komaromi (University of Toronto), Olga Zaslavskaya (International Alternative Cultural Center), Veronika Trotter (Indiana University), and Mark Yoffe (George Washington University). The workshop was held remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.
Silver Fork Novels: A Scholarly Discussion
The “Silver Fork Novels: a Scholarly Discussion” event took place on Friday, September 27th, 2019, from 9:00 – 10:30 a.m., CST. The panel for this workshop consisted of Dr. Cheryl Wilson (Stevenson University), Dr. Tamara Wagner (Nanyang Technological University), and Kraig Brown (University of Glasgow). The workshop was held remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.
2019 Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Workshop
The 2019 Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery Workshop took place on Friday, March 29th, from 9:00 a.m.-10:30 a.m., CST. The main focus of the workshop was to educate attendees on the handling of foreign language materials within the Interlibrary Loan & Document Delivery environment. Key topics of the workshop included search strategies, citation verification, transliteration issues, and more. Guest speakers at the workshop included Sari Virta of the National Library of Finland, Mark Ziomek of the National Library of Medicine, and Joan Cox of the British Library. The event was held remotely via Blackboard Collaborate software.